What the !!!!!
09-12-25 | 06:04 PM
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What the !!!!!
I just got back from 15 days in the Nevada Desert at this year's Burning Man. Actually I got back on Tuesday Sept. 2 but I picked up a nice going home present, Covid, on the way back so have been hiding out in my fortress of solitude trying not to infect my wife and kids. Finally , yesterday, I went out to the shop to work on an Indian Scout bicycle the Bike Exchange received as a donation. I wanted to de rust some chrome bits so I reached for my wide mouth container of vinegar to soak them in and here's what I saw.
I had forgotten I had the bottom bracket cups, beatrings and spindle in the sause and had left it there for over 3 weeks.
Disgusting is too mild a term for what I found. When I had put the parts in the vinegar It was fairly new and clear . when I pulled the parts out the nuts on the spindle had completely disintegrated and the spindle -- just look for yourself.
Surprisingly, the inside of the cups did not seem affected but the caged bearings were black and crusty.
Just goes to show, white vinegar is definately an acid. I still can't figure out what caused the foamimg.
Any chemists want to chime in there?
I had forgotten I had the bottom bracket cups, beatrings and spindle in the sause and had left it there for over 3 weeks.
Disgusting is too mild a term for what I found. When I had put the parts in the vinegar It was fairly new and clear . when I pulled the parts out the nuts on the spindle had completely disintegrated and the spindle -- just look for yourself.
Surprisingly, the inside of the cups did not seem affected but the caged bearings were black and crusty.
Just goes to show, white vinegar is definately an acid. I still can't figure out what caused the foamimg.
Any chemists want to chime in there?
09-12-25 | 06:26 PM
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I just got back from 15 days in the Nevada Desert at this year's Burning Man. Actually I got back on Tuesday Sept. 2 but I picked up a nice going home present, Covid, on the way back so have been hiding out in my fortress of solitude trying not to infect my wife and kids. Finally , yesterday, I went out to the shop to work on an Indian Scout bicycle the Bike Exchange received as a donation. I wanted to de rust some chrome bits so I reached for my wide mouth container of vinegar to soak them in and here's what I saw.
I had forgotten I had the bottom bracket cups, beatrings and spindle in the sause and had left it there for over 3 weeks.
Disgusting is too mild a term for what I found. When I had put the parts in the vinegar It was fairly new and clear . when I pulled the parts out the nuts on the spindle had completely disintegrated and the spindle -- just look for yourself.
Surprisingly, the inside of the cups did not seem affected but the caged bearings were black and crusty.
Just goes to show, white vinegar is definately an acid. I still can't figure out what caused the foamimg.
Any chemists want to chime in there?
I had forgotten I had the bottom bracket cups, beatrings and spindle in the sause and had left it there for over 3 weeks.
Disgusting is too mild a term for what I found. When I had put the parts in the vinegar It was fairly new and clear . when I pulled the parts out the nuts on the spindle had completely disintegrated and the spindle -- just look for yourself.
Surprisingly, the inside of the cups did not seem affected but the caged bearings were black and crusty.
Just goes to show, white vinegar is definately an acid. I still can't figure out what caused the foamimg.
Any chemists want to chime in there?
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Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
09-13-25 | 07:15 AM
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“One morning you wake up, the girl is gone, the bikes are gone, all that's left behind is a pair of old tires and a tube of tubular glue, all squeezed out"
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